A race is officially on for the San Mateo County Superintendent of schools, a seat that will be up for grabs in 2026 with current Superintendent Nancy Magee recently announcing she will not run for reelection after serving since 2018.
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A judge’s advisory opinion found Sheriff Christina Corpus should be removed from office for maintaining an inapp…
Updated election results show 84.02%, or 90,466 residents, voted in favor of Measure A, representing a 24.3% voter turnout with 107,797 total votes and only an estimated 640 ballots to still count, as of Thursday.
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After months of allegations and lawsuits, the means to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus was overwhelmingly awarded to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors with 85.52% voter support for Measure A, according to first results.
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The Redwood City Council endorsed Measure A — a countywide ballot measure asking voters if Sheriff Christina Corpus should be removed from office by the Board of Supervisors — joining San Carlos, Millbrae and San Mateo in similar resolutions establishing opposition to Corpus’ administration.
The proper path for a removal of an elected official should be the recall, however, the timeline for such an effort is too long when it comes to the people of San Mateo County who rely on the Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement.
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San Mateo County voters can now view the formal arguments for and against a proposed charter amendment that would grant the Board of Supervisors authority to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus from office.
As ballot counting wraps up in San Mateo County and state, Assemblymember Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, is introducing legislation to prompt conversations around expediting election results.
The close race for the third Foster City Council seat is drawing to a close, with Phoebe Venkat ahead by more than 200 votes over candidate Shankar Kenkre.
All ballots have been processed in San Mateo County and challenger Isabella Chu has beat out sitting Vice Mayor Lissette Espinoza Garnica for the District 3 seat by 13 votes.
A tightening race for the District 3 Redwood City Council seat, with mayoral implications on the line, went from a four-vote margin to a nine-vote margin in Isabella Chu’s favor over incumbent Lissette Espinoza Garnica, according to results released Friday.
The race for an open seat on Redwood City Council has become a nail-biter as two candidates are separated by a single-digit difference.
As of Nov. 18, elections results in San Mateo County are essentially unchanged from previous updates and a preliminary election night tally, with the margins in the Redwood City District 2 race shrinking by one since last Friday’s update.
As of Nov. 15, updates to San Mateo County’s tight City Council races are still largely unchanged from preliminary vote tallies on election night, but with margins in the Redwood City District 2 race continuing to thin.
As of Nov. 13, updates to San Mateo County’s tight City Council races are showing little movement from preliminary vote tallies on election night, with margins in the Redwood City District 2 race thinning.
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Foster City is close to finalizing its transition from at-large to district elections, as part of a California Voting Rights Act complaint made over the summer.
Another update in San Mateo County’s City Council races show largely unchanged winners from preliminary vote tallies with 281,221 ballots counted and a mere 51,900 ballots left to count.
Belmont Councilmember Tom McCune increased his lead over colleague Davina Hurt, as of Thursday, Nov. 6, since the switch to district election forced both incumbents to face off against one another in the election.
Updated results in San Mateo County’s City Council races show largely unchanged winners from preliminary vote counts released on election night, with the fight for the third seat on the Foster City Council showing Phoebe Venkat extending a slight election night lead over Shankar Kenkre by a hair.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed conceded to challenger Daniel Lurie on Thursday and said she called to congratulate the Levi Strauss heir.
The race to win the seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing the city’s Richmond District is tied, according to the latest numbers released Thursday from the election earlier this week.
San Mateo County kept a strong Democrat majority, but many residents are pointing to a mix of economic and social concerns as the main reasons for small gains in Republican support.
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In Half Moon Bay, two incumbents — both strong proponents of affordable housing — have likely been unseated by their challengers, who’ve been more cautious about Half Moon Bay’s plans for growth.
San Mateo will see two new councilmembers and a change in building height limits, with Nicole Fernandez winning the District 2 seat and Measure T passing by about 59%, according to San Mateo County Elections Office semiofficial election results as of 11 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5.
A contentious and dramatic fight for the 16th District U.S. House of Representatives seat — representing Santa Clara and San Mateo counties — has a winner in former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, while in the District 15 seat, incumbent Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, coasted to victory.
Countywide representatives on the Board of Supervisors, the Board of Education and the community college district are close to decided, as of election night.
All cities throughout the county passed their respective ballot measures, according to San Mateo County Elections Office semiofficial election results as of 11 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5.
In Half Moon Bay, incumbent councilmembers Harvey Rarback and Joaquin Jimenez could be defeated by challengers, while races in Redwood City Council’s District 2 and 3 remain on thin margins.
Throughout the county, the few contested school board races see close to definitive results with incumbents maintaining their seats, and school sponsored measures all pass with abundant support.
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In the last moments leading up to Election Day next Tuesday, the San Mateo County Libraries are working to equip residents with as much information and resources as possible, encouraging eligible voters to take advantage of their civic duty.
In any given election year, we may be asked to dust off our labor lawyer hats, brush up on oil and gas regulations, reacquaint ourselves with decades of tax policy, or analyze infrastructure funding. We may have to weigh the moral pros and cons of capital punishment, marriage equality or pig…
Two candidates will go head-to-head on Tuesday to secure the only open seat up for grabs on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.
Proposition 2: $10 billion in general obligation bonds for repair, upgrade and construction of K-12 and community college facilities. Voting yes will cost the state about $500 million annually for 35 years. With so many public schools needing assistance meeting new facilities standards and g…
In what is now an anomaly for most councils on the Peninsula, Foster City voters will decide amongst five candidates for three positions on the City Council. Two current councilmembers, Jon Froomin and Sam Hindi, are not running, which leaves the sole incumbent in the race as Patrick Sullivan.
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Three of the five Foster City Council seats are up for election this November and, unlike most Peninsula cities, the city holds at-large elections, meaning councilmembers don’t represent one particular district. Councilmember Sam Hindi will finish his second and last term this November, per …
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As one of the last cities in the county with an elected treasurer, San Carlos is looking to change that through Measure L on November ballots.
Two challengers for two seats on the Half Moon Bay City Council bring their unique and very coastside perspectives to the conversation on whether they should replace two incumbents.
South San Francisco is having some budget issues, as are many cities on the Peninsula. The reasons are manifold — a development slowdown, fewer office workers means less spending in its retail areas and visitors to its hotels, inflation and an overall reduction in taxes.
Four years after passing Measure Y — which capped most buildings in San Mateo to five stories — residents will vote on whether to amend the rule to allow for greater heights and densities in certain areas.
South San Francisco’s District 2 and 4 seats are up for reelection this November. District 4 — which encompasses the area between El Camino Real and Junipero Serra Boulevard, north of Westborough Boulevard — is currently held by Mayor James Coleman, who is running as the incumbent in this ye…
South San Francisco’s District 2 seat is up for grabs this November, with one incumbent in the race, Councilmember Mark Nagales, as well as one new candidate, Vivian Ramos.
In Half Moon Bay, incumbent Vice Mayor Harvey Rarback of District 2 is being challenged by Patric Bo Jonsson, a former planning commissioner, and Mayor Joaquin Jimenez of District 3 is defending his seat against Paul Nagengast, a longtime city government employee and civil engineer.
In smaller cities like Millbrae, district elections don’t mean as much as in other cities with more diversity of neighborhoods and economic status. In fact, one could argue they hurt the city’s ability to elect its leaders because you may get two candidates in one district who would be good …
The Millbrae School District is once again asking for a bond measure to update its facilities. This year, it is Measure J, which seeks $95 million in bonds. This is just more than Measure E, a $90 million bond measure in 2022 that fell just short of the 55% needed to pass.
In Millbrae, four candidates are vying for two district seats during a time of turmoil and turnover for the City Council.
The Millbrae School District is seeking support for a $95 million bond measure on the November ballot to improve infrastructure, just two years after a similar measure failed at the polls.
Schools throughout the state must rely on their own financing for facilities. Though some may argue that money should come from its own revenue streams, the Byzantine and always-shifting school funding formulas in this state since Proposition 13 passed in 1978 means it’s an impossibility. Th…
San Bruno Park School District is the only elementary school district in San Mateo County without a voter-approved parcel tax. But that’s not because there is no need; in fact, the needs are pronounced.
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